Along with about 50 percent of all Americans, I was thrilled and proud as I watched the peaceful and dignified inauguration of Donald Trump.But for the past few months and most likely to continue for the foreseeable future there persists a vicious, and unseemly tumult that shames us before the ...
News media beware.Covering the Trump Administration-in both hard news reporting and opinion writing-will not be as easy as it seems. The low hanging fruit offered by a White House prone to hyperbole and even recklessness with truth could turn out to be poisonous.On Saturday, the new White House ...
Now that the horses have left the barn, trotted out the front gate and are galloping headlong down the county road, editors at The New York Times have taken to public bickering about who left the stalls unlatched.Not that itĢƵ doing the rest of us much good.How the Times retains its ...
“Halima” hid under the bed and tried not to watch as the soldiers slit her brotherĢƵ throat.It was 1999 in Sierra Leone and the country was in the middle of a bloody civil war. Halima waited until the killers left, then crawled out and ran to her brother Salim, who was not breathing. She ...
As he took the oath of office and became AmericaĢƵ 45th president Friday, Donald John Trump vowed to put “America first” as he embarked on a “great national effort to rebuild this country and restore its promise for the American people.”That was Friday.The RepublicanĢƵ biggest ...
The United States of America is plum tuckered out.On the days leading up to the presidential election, it was quite common to hear weary political-watchers announce, “I’ll be glad when this thing is over.”Well, itĢƵ over.But the weariness isn’t.The drag on the countyĢƵ energy ...